Modals with a taste of the deontic
The aim of this paper is to present an explanation for the impact of normative considerations on people's assessment of certain seemingly purely descriptive matters concerning freedom, causation, and intentionality. The explanation is based on two main claims. First, the relevant judgments are...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Linguistic Society of America
2013-03-01
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| Series: | Semantics and Pragmatics |
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| Online Access: | http://semprag.org/article/view/2811 |